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Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: Victims, Juveniles
Child Sexual Abuse: It’s Never Too Late to Speak Out by Darrell Cochran by Darrell Cochran According to the Prison Policy Initiative, nearly 2.3 million people are incarcerated in the United States right now, the largest per capita prison population in the world. But how do people get there? There …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
California Attorney Specializes in Representing Prisoners Victimized by Fraud by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Peter Borenstein graduated from law school in 2014 with a burning passion for criminal justice reform ignited by his 20-year pen-pal relationship with a federal prisoner who had been a client of his father’s. He …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
California Billionaire Pushes States to Adopt “Marsy’s Law” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke California billionaire Dr. Henry T. Nicholas and his mother entered a grocery store in 1983, a few days after his sister, Marsalee, was murdered. There they ran into her boyfriend, who had been arrested for the …
Alliance for Safety and Justice - Crime Survivors Speak, 2016 ALLIANCE FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE ALLIANCE FOR SAFETY & JUSTICE ALLIANCE FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE ABOUT ALLIANCE FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ), a project of the Tides Center, is a national organization that aims to …
Consequences of Policing Prostitution, Urban Institute, 2017 JUSTICE POLICY CENTER RE S E AR C H RE P O R T Consequences of Policing Prostitution An Analysis of Individuals Arrested and Prosecuted for Commercial Sex in New York City Meredith Dank Jennifer Yahner Lilly Yu JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL …
Article • February 17, 2017
Crying Rape by False rape accusations exist, and they are a serious problem. By Cathy Young, Slate In the emotionally charged conversation about rape, few topics are more fraught than that of false allegations. Consider some responses to the news that singer-songwriter Conor Oberst had been falsely accused of sexual assault. …
Potential Class-action Suit over Domestic Violence “Victim Fees” in Georgia by The Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) and Columbus, Georgia attorney Mark C. Post filed a federal lawsuit on October 5, 2016 on behalf of Cleopatra Harrison and a potential class of other women who were charged controversial …
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Upholds Conviction for Contacting Victim by Lonnie Burton On April 27, 2016, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the conviction of a Texas state prisoner for Improper Contact with a Victim. David Schlittler was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of his five-year-old stepdaughter. He …
A Victory in the Fight to Stop Prisoner Rape by In 2012, Cornelius, a prisoner at a Florida state prison, wrote a letter to a nearby rape crisis center. Cornelius had been sexually assaulted multiple times while incarcerated. The first time was a gang rape that had happened 17 years …
Youth Involvement in the Sex Trade - A National Study, Swaner et al, 2016.pdf The author(s) shown below used Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice and prepared the following final report: Document Title: Youth Involvement in the Sex Trade: A National Study Author(s): Rachel Swaner, Melissa Labriola, …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Victims
From Protection to Punishment - Post-Conviction Barriers to Justice for Domestic Violence Survivor-Defendants in New York State, Cornell Law and CANY, 2013 Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at Cornell Law School & The Women in Prison Project of the Correctional Association of New York From Protection to Punishment …
Study Shows How Juvenile System Criminalizes Girls Who are Victimized by Sexual Abuse by Joe Watson A Norman, Oklahoma high school student, raped by a male peer and repeatedly harassed and touted by her classmates, is suspended from school after she lashes out and swings at another student. A girl, …
Publication • August 4, 2016
Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline, The Girls' Story, Georgetown Law Center for Poverty and Inequality, 2015 THE SEXUAL ABUSE TO PRISON PIPELINE: THE GIRLS’ STORY Human Rights Project for Girls Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality Ms. Foundation for Women CENTER ON POVERTY and INEQUALITY Text here 00report: authors …
Publication • 2016
Black Homicide Victimization in the United States: An Analysis of 2015 Homicide Data, Violence Policy Center, 2018 APRIL 2018 Black Homicide Victimization in the United States An Analysis of 2015 Homicide Data W W W.V P C . O R G BLACK HOMICIDE VICTIMIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES VIOLENCE POLICY …
Article • February 18, 2016
8,000 Oregon Victims Incorrectly Alerted of Prisoner Releases by Mark Wilson Approximately 8,000 Oregon crime victims were recently alarmed when they were erroneously alerted that the prisoners who committed crimes against them would be released. Since 2001, the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) has been one of 47 states that …
Article • November 2, 2015
No Oregon Constitutional Right to “Full” Victim Restitution; Contributory Negligence May Limit Restitution Award by Mark Wilson No Oregon Constitutional Right to “Full” Victim Restitution; Contributory Negligence May Limit Restitution Award by Mark Wilson On October 3, 2013, the Oregon Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s refusal to grant a …
Article • October 15, 2015
Filed under: Victims
$250,000 Award to Crime Victim under NY Son of Sam Law by $250,000 Award to Crime Victim under NY Son of Sam Law A New York jury awarded $250,000 to the victim of a sexual assault against the estate of the prisoner who committed the crime. The victim sued after …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Maryland DOC’s Ban on Media Interviews with Prisoners Upheld by Maryland DOC’s Ban on Media Interviews with Prisoners Upheld Maryland Circuit Court found apetition filed by a group of prisoners who were denied interviews by a local newspaper was moot, but questioned the propriety of using victims’ rights as a …
Brief • April 3, 2015
Filed under: Victims, Witnesses
Brown v. County of Cook et al, IL, MiS of Mot to Quash, adverse spousal testimony in domestic abuse investigation, 2015 Case: 1:14-cv-00175 Document #: 43 Filed: 04/03/15 Page 1 of 10 PageID #:93 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Jeremy Brown, …
Washington Supreme Court Holds Victim Impact Statements and Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative Evaluations May Be Disclosed by Washington Supreme Court Holds Victim Impact Statements and Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative Evaluations May Be Disclosed   On September 27, 2012, the Supreme Court of Washington held that Victim Impact Statements …
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